2018-19 USC Upstate General News

Spartanburg, S.C. -- The USC Upstate athletics department saw its student-athletes enjoy their most successful performance in the classroom during the fall semester as the Spartans posted a combined 3.233 grade-point average, securing the highest department GPA for the semester in school history.

Spartanburg, S.C. – The move for USC Upstate into the Big South Conference this year brings a change in video streaming services. Therefore, we wanted to provide our fans with a how-to on how you will be able to subscribe and watch all of its athletic events for 2018-19, as well as any other potential sporting events selected throughout the year for the streaming service. Here's an FAQ of everything you need to know!

Charlotte, N.C. – Big South Corporate Partner Sunbelt Rentals, for the 10th consecutive year, is offering a scholarship to Big South students entering their final semester as an undergraduate. Applications for the scholarship are now being accepted on www.bigsouthsports.com, and the deadline for submissions is Tuesday, Dec. 18.

Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate athletics department is offering the opportunity for university students to attend the women’s soccer game on Friday evening against Gardner-Webb in the semifinals of the Big South Women’s Soccer Championship in Matthews, N.C.

Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate men’s and women’s basketball teams tipped off the 2018-19 season in style on Wednesday evening when the two teams hosted Midnight Madness from Eddie and Ann Payne Arena in the G.B. Hodge Center.

Spartanburg, S.C. – With the start of the regular season just around the corner, the USC Upstate men’s and women’s basketball teams will celebrate by hosting Midnight Madness on Wednesday, October 24 at 9:30 p.m. from the Eddie and Ann Payne Arena in the G.B. Hodge Center. Doors will open at 9:00 p.m.

Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be using the next week to support the American Red Cross in its goal of gathering donations for the victims of Hurricane Florence.

Welcome to our first Spartan Spotlight, my quarterly report to our fan base. While I will communicate often and through multiple mediums, I recognize transparency is key to our success and I want to ensure our fans have a front seat view of everything that’s happening at the University and within the Department of Athletics. For that reason, we will publish the Spartan Spotlight quarterly to keep you updated and informed so that you can keep your finger on the pulse of Spartan athletics!

Spartanburg, S.C. – The Big South Conference announced its 2018 fall television schedule on Wednesday afternoon and USC Upstate will be featured 32 times for men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball on the new BSN on ESPN+.

Charlotte, N.C. – The Big South Conference and ESPN have reached a seven-year extension to its media rights deal that will see close to 1,000 conference events carried on ESPN networks -- including a minimum 900 events each year on ESPN+, the first multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company Direct-to-Consumer & International segment and ESPN which launched in April. The agreement runs through 2024-25, 34 years since the longstanding relationship began in 1991.

Fayetteville, N.C. -- The City of Fayetteville, N.C., the Houston Astros and the Big South Conference announced today an agreement to host the 2019-21 Big South Conference Baseball Championships at the new Fayetteville Ballpark. The newly-constructed ballpark will serve as the host venue for the eight-team, double-elimination tournament that will determine the Big South’s automatic bid recipient to the NCAA Championship for the 2019-21 seasons. The 2019 event will take place May 21-25.

Spartanburg, S.C. – USC Upstate track & field student-athlete Kennedy Holton was one of 200 student-athletes to be selected and participate in the NCAA Career in Sports Forum last month at the NCAA national office in Indianapolis, Ind.

Spartanburg, S.C. -- The University of South Carolina Upstate becomes an official member of the Big South Conference on Sunday, July 1, 2018. USC Upstate makes its move to the Big South Conference from the ASUN Conference, which it joined in fall of 2007 when its athletic teams moved from Division II status and began competing as a Division I institution.

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